REFLECTOR: Small gear doors

[Jim & Sharon Beck]

Thanks Pat.
 Great picture and another great mod.
Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Shea" <xl340hp at yahoo.com>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Small gear doors


> Jim,
>
> I'm not sure this is in the online manual. If you
> can't find it let me know and I'll mail you copies
> from my original manual (circa 1996).
>
> I modified the design a little. I fabricated my small
> gear doors out of foam/fiberglass and made them fit
> flush with the fuselage when the gear is up. I believe
> my manual had them made of thin metal and overlap the
> outside fuselage skin when the gear is up.
>
> Photo attached. Note the "ramped" section that allows
> the smaller gear door to be mechanically held in place
> by the larger gear door when the gear is up and also
> allows the the gear doors to open freely when the gear
> is extended.
>
> The only part not shown is the photo is the small
> flanges inside the fuselage that the small gear doors
> rest against when the gear is up - they essentially
> don't let the small gear doors close past flush.
>
> Pat
>
> --- Jim & Sharon Beck <jsbeck at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know which section of the online
>> builders manual covers the
>> fabrication & installation of the small upper gear
>> doors. My 173RG does not
>> have any and I would like to close that gap. I have
>> been looking through the
>> online manuals but cant find that section now that I
>> need it.
>> Thanks,
>> Jim
>> N29RP
>
>
>
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